In NY, Google Maps Street View

Problem. My shirts have shrunk in the washer. Now only three of my shirts fit comfortably. Now I’m wondering whether to spend over $30 a piece buying more shirts or spend the next few months in tight shirts.Fortunately cooking has not been as difficult as I feared. I did burn a few things, but at least I didn’t burn the ice cream. And I’ve finally gotten the hang of making the morning tea while still technically in REM sleep. And walking with groceries — the supermarket’s about half a mile away and we’ve no car. Everything else has been a breeze. Except for the shrunk shirts.

I’m trying to get rid of this little jingle that goes through my head every morning as I step out to walk to the subway station. It’s the Sesame Street song — “can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street…” Maybe it’s my imagination, but my Jersey City neighborhood looks and feels a lot like Sesame Street to me (expect some pictures once I buy a camera)

My usual morning walk to work, by courtesy of the all new Google Maps Street View.

A two minute subway ride under the Hudson takes me to the WTC subway station. I walk past the old WTC site every morning. Sad to think that they’re not there anymore. Every picture of the New York skyline I’ve seen and loved as a child had those two towers. Without them the view feels somehow bare. But still, I never imagined six months ago that I’d be living in New Jersey and walking to work with New York in sight across the Hudson. My colleague N has an even better deal — she’s on a 30th floor apartment with the windows facing in the right direction. The nighttime view is superb. I’m on a ground floor apartment and all I see outside my bedroom window is another apartment building. Bah.